EDITOR'S NOTE — Mobile Devices: Where Do You Start?
[author : Jonathan Erickson] #Edito
TABLE OF CONTENTS
TECHNO-NEWS
OpenAjax Alliance Moves Towards More Secure Mashups
FEATURES
HTML 5 Starts Looking Real
[author : Rob Cherny]
The World Wide Web Consortium's statement that it was opting for HTML 5 over XHTML 2 as the "official" Web markup language sent ripples across web development waters.
The IIS7 Integrated Pipeline
[author : Dino Esposito]
In an integrated pipeline, an ASP.NET request is like any other request.
Coding in the Cloud
[author : Lori MacVittie]
There are three "gotchas" associated with deploying applications into a load-balanced environment.
G1: Java's 'Garbage First' Garbage Collector
[author : Eric J. Bruno]
A garbage collector works to reclaim areas of memory within an application that will never be accessed again.
Void Safety: Putting an End to the Plague of Null Dereferencing
[author : Bertrand Meyer, Alexander Kogtenkov, and Emmanuel Stapf]
Almost every program runs the risk of hitting a void call in some execution.
A Build System for Complex Projects: Part 2
[author : Gigi Sayfan]
Ibs is an invisible build system that doesn't require any build files.
COLUMNS
Conversations
[author : Jonathan Erickson]
Philippe Le Hegaret leads the W3C Interaction Domain, which develops technologies in areas such as HTML and CSS.
Book Review
[author : Mike Riley]
Venkat Subramaniam's Programming Scala doesn't waste time getting to the heart of the language.
Swaine's Flames
[author : Michael Swaine]
Don Ameche and the Human Torch.